Jonathan Calder
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- The prime minister, it seems, has just announced a Cabinet Office inquiry into the affair, but there's a danger that it will just be good chaps investigating other good chaps and end up being seen as a whitewash. So let's send for the men in big boots.
- Jack McConnell described him as “the most principled Liberal I ever met and also the most pragmatic politician. He was just great and knew what had to be done in order to work effectively in government.”